The participation in the summer school, will enable students to:
- Gain knowledge on the theoretical background and current research and acquire of the the importance and the connection of the relationship between movement and emotion in the psychomotor field of action.
- Expand the understanding on methods and techniques  used in psychomotor therapy and and gain professional competencies in this area how to use.
- Gain practical skills to work with different target groups in educational, preventive, and therapeutic settings, supporting individuals, groups, and social systems (e.g., families, work settings). 
- Evaluate the theories and practical applications across countries.
- Reflect on a common psychomotor intervention referential, based on the different approaches presented

The summer school structure is organized in workshops given by pairs of teachers 
from the participating Universities, including six teachers, working in pairs, that will 
present 3 workshops as well as one workshop given by the hosting university focusing 
the main theme of the summer school. 
Also, students in groups (one group per university) will prepare a 10-minute
presentation for the first day of the summer school about their university, including 
some information about the Psychomotor training course and short information about 
the profession in their country. 
In the last day the students also in groups will need to prepare and present a project 
in form of a teaching program and a reflection on the learning they have achieved 
during the summer school (20 min)

The participation at the workshops is organized in two groups. At the arrival day, each 
student will be assigned to one of the groups (group A and group B). 

Students will be assessed by their attendance, active participation and the
presentations that should demonstrate the knowledge acquired and its transferability
into their future practice.
Students will also fill a questionnaire to assess the outcomes and contributes from
each workshop.

Students need to:
1. READ THE ARTICLES FOR EACH WORKSHOP THEME – THE ARTICLES WILL BE SENT 
FOR ALL STUDENTS
2. PREPARE A GROUP PRESENTATION ABOUT YOUR UNIVERSITY - 10 MINUTES.
SHARE SOME INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE, PSYCHOMOTOR PROFESSION 
IN YOUR COUNTRY. STUDENTS CAN PREPARE A POWER POINT OR A VIDEO. THIS 
PRESENTATION WILL BE DONE IN THE MORNING OF JULY 3TH
3. PREPARE A GROUP PRESENTATION ABOUT THE LEARNING AT THE SUMMER 
SCHOOL - STUDENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED IN SMALL GROUPS (5-6) TO PREPARE A 
PRESENTATION. BOTH THEORECTICAL AND/OR PRACTICAL. THIS PRESENTATION 
WILL BE DONE ON THE MORNING OF JULY 7TH

Students will get 3 ETCS credit points (1 ects represents 28 hours of student work). 
Hours of student work include class time, contact, training, projects, field work, study,
and evaluation.

The theme of this summer school: Moving and being moved.

The connection between movement and emotions has a long tradition in psychomotor therapy.

It is already evident in the name: psycho-motor-therapy. Emotional information is linked to physical representations and vice versa. Thus, certain movements and postures can express emotional states and certain emotional states are expressed though the body and in movements. Can new researchfindings be linked to our psychomotor approaches? 

The Summer School addresses these questions in a theoretical and experience-oriented manner and offers space for the discussion of theoretical models, methods and techniques. You will be able to expand both your knowledge and your options for intervention.

Abstract Workshop Flavia Yazigi and Ditte Braskhøj Lauridsen 

What happens when humans move together?

In this workshop we will explore what happens psychological and socially when people move in different ways and constellations.

When we want people to move – for various well-being reasons – there is much more at stake than just moving the body. As psychomotor therapists, we know this. But what actually happens, psychologically and socially, when we move together with other people? What is at stake for the individual and for the group? How can we, for example, work with feeling safe in a group and being aware of empathy among the participants in a group?

Flavia primarily has experience with movement with the elderly, while Ditte primarily has experience with teenagers and young adults. But no matter what group of people – young and old – we work with, we need to be aware of the fact that we are in contact with each other through our whole body. We cannot hide – neither participants nor therapist.

In the workshop we will explore what happens psychologically and socially when humans move alone, in pairs, in smaller groups and in larger groups. When we move inwardly and outwardly. When we are aware of ourselves and others. The workshop will focus on the students own experiences with different kind of exercises, and you will both be inspired to interventions with different kind of groups and to your own position as a professional psychomotor therapist when teaching groups.

The theoretical background for this workshop is the 7 psychomotricity factors by Victor da Fonseca, and theories on embodied cognition, enactive learning and mirroring & empathy.

CV Flavia Yazigi

Professor at Sports Sciences and in the Psychomotor Rehabilitation grad courses at Faculdade de Motricidade Humana-University of Lisbon, PhD in physical activity; MD in exercise and health, Post-graduation in Aging and in Exercise Physiology. CIPER research group member; 30 years of career, especially in the field of aquatic activities and exercise for special populations. Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Acuática Especial e Hidroterapia (AIDEA) board advisor; and collaborator for many years at Aquatic Exercise Association (AEA/USA) as a trainer and member of the Research Committee. AEA Global Award Contribution to the Aquatic Fitness Industry (2011). Swim Coach. Grade2

Abstract Workshop Fred Dijk and Lene Østerby 

“The workshop by Lene and Fred will have a focus of being self-active, in reciprocity with others. We will introduce the student in several methods we use as psychomotor therapists in the Netherlands and Danmark but with the skill of being mindful as the fundament. We will work with topics as past-present-future, impression-expression, self-other, contact-touch. We will discuss basic needs of human beings, recognition and regulation of tension and the self when basic needs are unfulfilled or disturbed. We will not offer `hard’ theory or scientifical insights, but so much the more experiencing, exploring, acting, trying and reflection on that. Curiosity and open-mindedness are the tools the student need to bring with.”

Abstract Workshop Juliette Rollin and Barbara Bakker

In our workshop we will explore “emotions”. From her daily practice in working with children Julliette will take us into the different kind of emotions, different ways of expressing and the regulation of emotions. In a small theatre, we will analyse one emotion, using different forms of expression such as moving, dancing and drawing. You, as a student of Summerschool, will experience a lot yourself by doing it yourself.

In the meantime we will discuss the neurobiology of the brain. Barbara will teach you about some knowledge of the autonomic nervous system. It can help us explain what happens if we experience an emotional state and how we can expand our possibilities to regulate. We will discuss the window of tolerance, vagal tone, heart rate variability. Also the importance of a therapeutic relation and attunement with patients. We then actively link the acquired knowledge to exercises and lifestyle changes.

The main objective of this workshop is to carry out new experiences, to make theoretical-clinical links and especially to enjoy and benefit from each other's experience.

References 

Chaplin, T. M. (2015). Gender and Emotion Expression: A Developmental Contextual Perspective. Emotion Review, 7(1), 14–21. https://doi.org/10.1177/1754073914544408

Devereaux, C. Neuroception and Attunement in Dance/Movement Therapy with autism. AM J Dance Ther 39, 36-38 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10465-017-9249-1

Porges Stephen W. Polyvagal Theory: A Science of Safety Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 16 (2022). https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnint.2022.871227 DOI=10.3389/fnint.2022.871227

Sheppes, G., & Levin, Z. (2013). Emotion regulation choice: selecting between cognitive regulation strategies to control emotion. Frontiers in human neuroscience, 7, 179. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2013.00179C

CV Barbara Bakker

My name is Barbara Bakker and I am a teacher at HAN University of Applied Sciences in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. For 17 years I practiced psychomotor therapy, working in a health care facility, which offers treatment to children and adolescents with psychiatric disorders. Since 2018 I am a teacher and I teach in all grades. In the near future I will start my own practice.

My specialties are body awareness, stress management and the treatment of emotional dysregulation.

At Summerschool edition 2023 I want to answer the question “Can new findings, from neuropsychology research, be linked to psychomotor interventions? And what does this mean for the connection between movement and emotions?”

In the past year I have studied specific knowledge about the brain and the autonomic nervous system. Together with colleagues, I have experienced how this can contribute to a better understanding of emotions and behaviour. The greatest part of this knowledge comes from the so called ‘Polyvagal theory’ (Porges, 2003; Dena, 2020).

At Summerschool I would like to explain and demonstrate how states of our autonomic nervous system are a foundation for emotions, thoughts and movement. Therefore it is useful to determine the autonomic state of our clients and assess the most adequate intervention. 

CV Juliette Rollin

My name is Juliette Rollin and I am a French psychomotor therapist. For 5 years, I hav been working in private practice with patients from one-year-old to young adults. I offer treatment for different kind of trouble: autism, Down Syndrome, learning disability, dyspraxia, difficulty in managing emotions, etc.

At the same time, I also accompany students from the Institute Superior of the Higher Institute of Psychomotor Therapy (France), in their internship program.

Occasionally I teach to students (for example the summerschool 2022) or professionals (doctors, teachers etc.).

My daily life as a psychomotor therapist is more and more concerned by difficulties from children to develop emotional skills. Did wearing the mask play a role in these difficulties? Or is it the evolution of society? So that, I had to train myself, think about new ways of taking care of my patients, and use my experience as a high-level athlete to be able to respond to various problems. In this workshop, I would like to exchange different tools to respond to the problem of emotions. The summerschool is perfect to think and grow together, so that I wanted to come back this year!